Features
p.18 Writing with a Data-Base Management System
[author Edward E Brent Jr]
word-processing systems work fine after you know what you're going to say, but a data-base management system can help you get it all together.
p.36 Switching Power Supplies, An Introduction
[author Steve Ciarcia]
You can experiment with a simple design for a nonisolated single-ended switching voltage regulator
p.48 Fundamentals of Relational Data Organization
[author Joel Neely and Steve Stewart]
How you can apply a set of mathematically elegant principles to the organization of your data base
p.62 Build a Bar-Code Scanner Inexpensively
[author Bradley W Bennett]
In one package, Hewlett-Packard has incorporated the optical heart of a scanner system
p.84 The Microcomputer as a Laboratory instrument
[author Daniel Cosgrove]
The microcomputer can become a Standard laboratory instrument for running experiments and analyzing the results.
p.97 Data-Base Management Systems: Powerful Newcomers to Microcomputers
[author Michael Gagle, Gary J Koehler, and Andrew Whinston]
A brief introduction to data-base systems leads to a look at how one microcomputer implementation works
p.174 DIF: A Format for Data Exchange between Applications Programs
[author Candace E Kalish and Malinda F Mayer]
Software Arts proposes a solution to the problem of inaccessible data.
p.208 A Survey of Data-Base Management Systems for Microcomputers
[author Kathryn S Barley and James R Driscoll]
Data-base management systems are becoming a popular software item. Check this survey for the one that interests you
p.236 PDO: A Data Manager for Beginners, Don't Reinvent the Wheel
[author Paul Swanson]
A well-known technique makes a good compromise between speed and ease of programrnrsg
p.312 The Atari Tutorial, Part 3: Player-Missile Graphics
[author Chris Crawford]
The Atari player-missile system allows you to move game figures across the screen quickly and easily-even in BASIC
p.370 Toward a Structured 6809 Assembly Language, Part 1: An Introduction to Structured Assembly Language
[author Gregory Walker]
The problem with tne goto Construct is that it is too general a proqramming form.
p.384 PROLOG, A Step Toward the Ultimate Computer Language
[author Ron Ferguson]
This high-level language approaches English in ease to use
p.400 PS-A FORTH-Like Threaded Language, Part 2
[author Valo G Motalygo]
PS overcomes some of the problems FORTH has with low-revel word definition
p.472 Linking a Pascal Microengine to a Cyber 170
[author Steven M Sedlet and Jonathan Dust]
A simple file-transfer process combines the best of both worlds
p.493 Information Hiding In Pascal, Packages and Pointers
[author Michael B Feldman]
Hiding unnecessary details improves high-level programming
Reviews
p.76 Reversal, Othello for the Apple II
[author Mark Friedman]
p.126 The Exatron Stringy Floppy Data-Storage System
[author Keith Carlson]
p.138 The Datahandler from Miller Microcomputer Services
[author Allyn Richardson]
p.152 Microsoft Softcard
[author Mark Pelczarski]
p.166 CourseWare Magazine
[author Elaine Holden]
p.264 Orchestra-80
[author Elizabeth Cooper and Yvon Kolya]
p.274 Apple II File-Management Systems
[author Ken Blochowiak]
p.342 ENHBAS
[author Mahlon G Kelly]
p.434 Five Spelling-Correction Programs for CP/M-Based Systems
[author Phil Lemmons]

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p.6 Editorial: Can We Agree on Standards?
p.10 Letters
p.8, 308 BYTE'S Bits
p.134 BYTE Comment: Reviewing the Microcomputer Revolution
p.302 BYTELINES
p.364 Ask BYTE
p.409 Languages Forum: A View from the Lectern: What's Wrong with Technical Writing Today?
p.413 Technical Forum: Where Am I? A Proposal for a New Microprocessor Instruction
p.414 Programming Quickies: WRITELONG. A Pascal Simulation of Long-Integer Output
p.449 User's Column
p.458, 463 Book Reviews
p.464 Software Received
p.465 Clubs and Newsletters
p.466 Event Queue
p.490 Books Received
p.499 System Notes: A Voice for the Apple II without Extra Hardware
p.505 What's New?
p.558 Unclassified Ads
p.559 Reader Service
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